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Everybody comments on shell programming, but nobody comments on the main message in their paper PaSH, POSH and JIT. I must admit I did not understand their mes
by usr1106 5y ago
Everybody comments on shell programming, but nobody comments on the main message in their paper PaSH, POSH and JIT.
I must admit I did not understand their message at the first quick reading.
Formal methods? Well, I'm not whether anybody tries to prove their installation scripts (or whatever people would script) correct.
Parallelization? Well, if you try to high-performance computing, is the shell really the place to start?
- effie 5y agoWell they start with "arguments" for why shell programming is deficient, and these arguments seem vague and not well expressed or incorrect. Most people just lose interest in further reading. And when you do read further, it's a lot of research field building with buzzwords that nobody who uses shell cares about.